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In the present study, natural convection of nanofluids in a concentric horizontal annulus enclosure has been numerically simulated using the lattice Boltzmann method. A water-based nanofluid containing Al2O3 nanoparticle has… Click to show full abstract
In the present study, natural convection of nanofluids in a concentric horizontal annulus enclosure has been numerically simulated using the lattice Boltzmann method. A water-based nanofluid containing Al2O3 nanoparticle has been studied. Simulations have been carried while the Rayleigh number ranges from 103 to 105 and solid volume fraction varies between 0 and 0.04. The effects of solid volume fraction of nanofluids on hydrodynamic and thermal characteristics such as average and local Nusselt numbers, streamlines and isotherm patterns for different values of solid volume fraction, annulus gap width ratio and Rayleigh number are investigated and discussed in detail.
Journal Title: Thermal Science
Year Published: 2017
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